Agency for International Development

Agency for International Development agriculture, rural development, and nutrition, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 103, $481,635,000: Provided, That not less than $5,000,000 shall be pro-104 STAT. 1983vided for new development projects of private entities and cooperatives for dairy development: Provided further, That not less than $10,000,000 shall be provided for the Vitamin A Deficiency Program: Provided further, That not less than $225,000 shall be provided to support continued United States participation in the Associate Professional Officers Program of the international food agencies. population, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 104(b), $250,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appropriations may be made available to any organization or program which, as determined by the President of the United States, supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions; and that in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family planning projects which offer, either directly or through referral to, or information about access to, a broad range of family planning methods and services: Provided further, That in awarding grants for natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act no applicant shall be discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading for family planning purposes shall not be reduced by a proportion greater than other functional development assistance accounts in order to comply with requirements to provide assistance from funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I or to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 65 per centum shall be made available for the Office of Population of the Agency for International Development: Provided further. That in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, of the funds appropriated under this heading up to 5 per centum may be used for operating expenses for the administration of family planning assistance programs. health, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 104(c), $135,000,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading not less than $5,000,000 shall be provided for activities relating to the control, prevention, and eradication of River Blindness. international aids prevention and control program For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $52,000,000, which shall be made available only for activities relating to research on, and the 104 STAT. 1984treatment and control of, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading $23,000,000 shall be provided directly to the World Health Organization for its use in financing the Global Program on AIDS, including activities implemented by the Pan American Health Organization: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available notwithstanding any provision of law (except section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and sections 512 and 556 of this Act) which restricts assistance to foreign countries. child survival fund For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 104(c)(2), $100,000,000. education and human resources development, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 105, $134,201,000: Provided, That not less than $1,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for the Caribbean Law Institute: Provided further, That $5,400,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be provided for Soviet and East European research and training under the Department of State’s Title VIII program on Soviet and regional studies, notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be made available to carry out section 206 (relating to the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between North and South) of the House engrossed amendment (as passed the House of Representatives on May 24, 1990) to the bill S. 2364, and that section is hereby enacted: Provided further, That not less than $67,100,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under the heading “Sub-Saharan Africa, Development Assistance” shall be available only for programs in basic primary and secondary education: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1991 the Agency for International Development shall initiate three new bilateral projects in basic primary and secondary education, at least two of which shall be initiated in sub-Saharan Africa: Provided further, That not less than $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for the International Student Exchange Program (for the Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships and the East Central European Scholarship Program), of which $3,000,000 shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for students from Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. private sector, environment, and energy, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 106, $152,223,000: Provided, That not less than $7,500,000 shall be made available only for cooperative projects among the United States, Israel and developing countries of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for the Cooperative Development Program, and of which not less than $2,500,000 shall be made available for cooperative development research projects: Provided further, That 104 STAT. 1985not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available only for the Central American Rural Electrification Support project: Provided further, That not less than $150,000 shall be for technical assistance and training programs for Soviet and Czechoslovakian statisticians and economists administered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, notwithstanding any other provision of law. science and technology, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 106, $8,624,000. micro-enterprise development Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $75,000,000 shall be made available for programs of credit and other assistance for micro-enterprises in developing countries: Provided, That local currencies which accrue as a result of assistance provided to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 may be used for assistance for micro-enterprises: Provided further, That such local currencies which are used for this purpose shall be in lieu of funds earmarked under this heading and shall reduce the amount earmarked for assistance for microenterprises by an equal amount. sub-saharan africa, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as enacted by this Act, $800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1992: Provided, That up to $3,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to support the participation of disadvantaged South Africans in private enterprise development in South Africa: Provided further, That such assistance provided to support the participation of disadvantaged South Africans in private enterprise shall not be used to provide support to organizations or groups which are financed or controlled by the Government of South Africa: Provided further, That not less than $50,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available to assist activities sup-ported by the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading which are made available for activities supported by the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference shall be made available notwithstanding section 518 of this Act and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That up to 5 per centum of the funds made available under this heading may be used for operating expenses of the Agency for International Development for increasing (above the level of resources available for fiscal year 1989) the organizational resources which the Agency has available for development assistance activities for sub-Saharan Africa, and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise allocated to the Agency’s Bureau for Africa. 104 STAT. 1986 zaire None of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be transferred to the Government of Zaire: Provided, That this provision shall not be construed to prohibit nongovernmental organizations from working with appropriate ministries or departments of the Government of Zaire. assistance for displaced children Of the aggregate of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for programs and activities for children who have become orphans as a result of the effects of drought, civil strife, and other natural and man-made disasters: Provided, That assistance under this heading shall be made available in accordance with the policies and general authorities contained in section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. humanitarian assistance for cambodian children Of the aggregate of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to provide humanitarian assistance through international relief agencies and United States private and voluntary organizations to children within Cambodia: Provided, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be made available, directly or indirectly, for the Khmer Rouge. assistance for victims of war Of the aggregate of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for medical and related assistance, including the provision of prostheses and vocational rehabilitation and training, for civilians who have been injured as a result of civil strife and warfare. women in development In recognition that the full participation of women in, and the full contribution of women to, the development process are essential to achieving economic growth, a higher quality of life, and sustainable development in developing countries, not less than $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, shall be used to encourage and promote the participation and integration of women as equal partners in the development process in developing countries, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available as matching funds to support the activities of the Agency for International Development’s field missions to integrate women into their programs: Provided, That the Agency for International Development shall seek to ensure that country strategies, projects, and programs are designed so that the percentage of women participants will be demonstrably increased. 104 STAT. 1987 private and voluntary organizations None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for development assistance may be made available to any United States private and voluntary organization, except any co-operative development organization, which obtains less than 20 per centum of its total annual funding for international activities from sources other than the United States Government: Provided, That the requirements of the provisions of section 123(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the provisions on private and voluntary organizations in title II of the “Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1985” (as enacted in Public Law 98–473) shall be superseded by the provisions of this section. appropriate technology Of the aggregate of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $1,000,000 shall be available for Appropriate Technology International: Provided, That these funds shall be in addition to $3,000,000 in funds available to Appropriate Technology International under its existing cooperative agreement with the Agency for International Development: Provided further, That Appropriate Technology International shall qualify, along with any cooperative development organization, for development assistance funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for United States private and voluntary organizations. humanitarian assistance for romania Of the aggregate of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (other than funds under the heading “Sub-Saharan Africa, Development Assistance”), not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available, notwithstanding any provision of law which restricts assistance to foreign countries, for humanitarian assistance for Romania. Of this amount— (1) $1,500,000 shall be made available for activities related to— (A) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and other health and child survival activities particularly for the care and treatment of abandoned children, including the provision of food, medicine, and training of personnel; (B) improving the facilities available for the care of abandoned children; and (C) facilitating family reunification or adoption of abandoned children, including training of professional adoption specialists; and (2) $1,500,000 shall be made available for family planning assistance, subject to the following: (A) The prohibitions contained in section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 535 of this Act (relating to prohibitions on funding for abortion as a method of family planning, coercive abortion, and involuntary sterilization) shall be applicable to funds made available under this paragraph. 104 STAT. 1988 (B) Any recipient of funds under this paragraph shall be required to maintain them in a separate account and not commingle them with any other funds. (C) Each agreement entered into by the United States to obligate funds made available under this paragraph shall expressly state that the full amount granted by such agreement will be refunded to the United States if any United States funds are used for any family planning program in a country other than Romania, or for abortion services, involuntary sterilization, or coercive activities of any kind. private sector revolving fund During fiscal year 1991, total commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $57,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority of section 108(i) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used to provide up to $10,000,000 in loan guarantees for each of two projects during the fiscal year 1991: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be held in reserve in the revolving fund account established pursuant to section 108 of that Act only such amounts as are estimated to be sufficient to cover the expected net liabilities on loan guarantees outstanding under the program authorized by section 108(i): Provided further, That to the extent that funds held in reserve are not adequate to discharge liabilities under guarantees provided under section 108(i), funds appropriated under the heading “Economic Support Fund” shall be made available to discharge such liabilities. During fiscal year 1991, obligations for assistance from amounts in the revolving fund account under section 108 shall not exceed $15,000,000. american schools and hospitals abroad For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 214, $29,000,000. international disaster assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 491, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not less than $500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for assistance for children who have become orphans as a result of natural disasters. payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund For payment to the “Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund”, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980, $40,341,000. OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667, $435,000,000: Provided, That in order to effectively monitor its program for the West Bank and Gaza, the Agency for International Development shall station one professional at either the Consulate General in Jerusalem or the Embassy in Tel Aviv. 104 STAT. 1989 operating expenses of the agency for international development office of inspector general For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667, $33,884,000, which sum shall be available only for the operating expenses of the Office of the Inspector General notwithstanding section 451 or 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law: Provided, That up to 3 per centum of the amount made available under the heading “Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development” may be transferred to and merged and consolidated with amounts made available under this heading: Provided further, That except as may be required by an emergency evacuation affecting the United States diplomatic missions of which they are a component element, none of the funds in this Act, or any other Act, may be used to relocate the overseas Regional Offices of the Inspector General to a location within the United States without the express approval of the Inspector General: Provided further, That the total number of positions authorized for the Office of Inspector General in Washington and overseas shall be not less than two hundred and fifty-one at September 30, 1991: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under the heading “Assistance for Eastern Europe” shall be made available for the Office of the Inspector General of the Agency for International Development to carry out audit and other responsibilities with regard to assistance programs for Eastern Europe: Provided further, That the Inspector General of the Agency for International Development may, at his discretion and after consultation with the Secretary of State, establish a regional office in Europe in order to carry out audit and other responsibilities with regard to assistance programs for Eastern Europe. housing and other credit guaranty programs During the fiscal year 1991, total commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $150,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal: Provided, That the President shall enter into commitments to guarantee such loans in the full amount provided under this heading, subject only to the availability of qualified applicants for such guarantees: Provided further, That guarantees issued under this heading shall guarantee 100 per centum of the principal and interest payable on such loans: Provided further, That no loans guaranteed under this heading shall be issued or held by the Federal Financing Bank: Provided further, That the limitation under this heading on total guarantee commitments which may be made in fiscal year 1991 shall not include the additional authority to enter into guarantee commitments provided in Public Law 101–302: Provided further, That pursuant to section 223(e)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and notwithstanding the dollar limitation contained in that section, the borrowing authority provided therein may be exercised in such amounts as may be necessary to retain an adequate level of contingency reserves for the fiscal year 1991: Provided further, That section 222(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out “September 30, 1991” and inserting in lieu thereof “September 30, 1992”: Provided further, That section 223(j) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to commitments to guaranty loans, for which authority is provided under this heading, for Chile and Poland. 104 STAT. 1990 economic support fund For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II, $3,141,000,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $1,200,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be disbursed within thirty days of enactment of this Act or by October 31, 1990, whichever is later: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading for Israel, during the period of the Desert Shield emergency up to $200,000,000 may be used by Israel, notwithstanding section 531(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for any of the purposes for which military assistance is provided: Provided further, That not less than $815,000,000 shall be available only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer assistance may be provided, with the understanding that Egypt will undertake significant economic reforms which are additional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years, and of which not less than $200,000,000 shall be provided as Commodity Import Program assistance: Provided further, That in exercising the authority to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel and Egypt, the President shall ensure that the level of such assistance does not cause an adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports from the United States to each such country: Provided further, That it is the sense of the Congress that the recommended levels of assistance for Egypt and Israel are based in great measure upon their continued participation in the Camp David Accords and upon the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading and allocated for El Salvador, up to $1,500,000 (or the equivalent in local currencies generated with funds provided to El Salvador under this heading) may be made available, notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to assist the Government of El Salvador’s Special Investigative Unit, including for the purpose of bringing to justice those responsible for the murders of United States citizens in El Salvador: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for El Salvadors Special Investigative Unit until 15 days after receipt by the Committees on Appropriations of a report from the Secretary of State which transmits a plan of the Government of El Salvador to transfer the Unit from military to civilian control, including the time period within which this transfer is to occur and the actions that will be taken to effect such a transfer: Provided further, That section 534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by (1) striking “fiscal year 1990” and inserting in lieu thereof “fiscal year 1991”; and (2) striking “September 30, 1990” and inserting in lieu thereof “September 30, 1991”: Provided further, That not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available for Jordan: Provided further, That not less than $12,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for the West Bank and Gaza Program through the Asia and Near East regional program: Provided further, That not less than $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for Cyprus, including bicommunal projects and confidence building measures designed to reduce tensions and to promote peace and cooperation between the two communities on Cyprus, with highest priority given to the resettlement of the Famagusta/Varosha area under the auspices of the United Nations: Provided further, That 104 STAT. 1991not less than $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for Morocco: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading up to $62,500,000 may be used, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, to provide economic, administration of justice, military and law enforcement assistance for the countries in the Andean region notwithstanding sections 531(e) and 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That any funds made available under the authority of the previous proviso which are used for military and law enforcement assistance shall be considered Foreign Military Financing Program funds for purposes of the limitation on the use of such funds contained in section 559(a)(4) of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for Zaire: Provided further, That, prior to the initial obligation of assistance for El Salvador from funds appropriated under this heading, the President shall report to the Congress on the extent to which the Government of El Salvador has made demonstrable progress in settling outstanding expropriation claims of American citizens in compliance with the judgment of the Supreme Court of El Salvador: Provided further, That during fiscal years 1991 and 1992, of the local currencies generated from funds made available under this heading for El Salvador by this Act and prior appropriations Acts, the United States and El Salvador shall jointly program the El Salvador colones equivalent of a total of $10,000,000 for the purpose of retiring the debt owed by the University of Central America to the Inter-American Development Bank: Provided further, That not more than $300,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available to finance tied aid credits, unless the President determines it is in the national interest to provide in excess of $300,000,000 and so notifies the Committees on Appropriations through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That up to $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available to provide grant assistance to capitalize an endowment to be used by nongovernmental organizations to enable such organizations to purchase the discounted commercial debt of Mexico as part of a debt for development exchange: Provided further, That a grant for the purposes of such an endowment may be made only if non-governmental contributions have been made in an equal amount to capitalize the endowment: Provided further, That such debt for development exchanges for Mexico shall support the objectives of chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $200,000 shall be transferred to the Bureau of Oceans, International Environment and Scientific Affairs of the Department of State to be used only to implement the Antarctic Protection Act of 1990: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for tied-aid credits: Provided further, That for purposes of the previous proviso the term “tied-aid credits” means any credit, within the meaning of section 15(h)(1) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, which is used for blended or parallel financing, as those terms are defined by sections 15(h) (4) and (5), respectively, of such Act: Provided further, That funds made available under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 1992. 104 STAT. 1992 international fund for ireland For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II, $20,000,000, which shall be available for the United States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland and shall be made available in accordance with the provisions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–415): Provided, That such amount shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities: Provided further, That funds made available under this heading shall remain available until expended. multilateral assistance initiative for the philippines For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $160,000,000, of which $60,000,000 shall be derived by transfer, one-half from funds appropriated to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and one-half from funds appropriated to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Act, which shall be available for the Multilateral Assistance Initiative for the Philippines: Provided, That not less than 75 per centum of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for project and sector activities consistent with the purposes of sections 103 through 106 of such Act: Provided further, That the President shall seek to channel through indigenous and United States private voluntary organizations and cooperatives not less than $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading and of the funds appropriated and allocated for the Philippines to carry out sections 103 through 106 of such Act: Provided further, That up to a total of $40,000,000 of the funds appropriated to carry out sections 103 through 106 and chapter 4 of part II of such Act may be transferred to and consolidated and merged with the funds appropriated under this heading notwithstanding the limitations on transfers between accounts contained in section 514 of this Act and sections 109 and 610 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That any funds transferred to carry out the purposes of the previous proviso shall be made available only for projects and activities which are consistent with the purposes of those funds as initially appropriated: Provided further, That of the total amount of funds transferred to carry out the purposes of this heading not less than 50 per centum shall be derived from funds appropriated to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act: Provided further, That transfers of any funds to carry out the purposes of this heading shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds made available under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 1992: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. assistance for eastern europe (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, $369,675,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 104 STAT. 1993provision of law, for economic assistance for Eastern Europe as follows— (1) $113,675,000 shall be provided for technical assistance and training, including such activities as support for labor activities, scholarship programs, medical assistance, and support for private sector development; (2) $15,000,000 shall be provided for technical and other assistance to support housing sectors; (3) $75,000,000 shall be provided for environment and energy activities, with emphasis on assistance in developing policies encouraging, and providing incentives for, end-use energy efficiency (including preparation of least-cost energy plans), conservation, and reliance on renewable energy resources, and further including training, technical assistance for related energy and environmental investments or regulation, local production of environmental or energy-related equipment, promotion of United States technologies, and dealing with health problems directly associated with pollution; (4) $19,000,000 shall be provided for activities to foster democratic pluralism, including support, based on recommendations of the bipartisan joint leadership of Congress for the newly elected parliaments in Eastern Europe through, among other things, exchanges involving members, staff, and support agencies of Congress and the parliaments in Eastern Europe; (5) $90,000,000 shall be provided for the Polish-American and Hungarian-American Enterprise Funds; (6) $27,000,000 shall be provided for other private enterprise activities, with emphasis on technical assistance and training for development of market-oriented policies, restructuring and creation of financial institutions (such as stock markets, insurance companies and banks), creation and management of private business organizations, and privatization of state business organizations; and (7) $40,000,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be derived by trans-fer from funds provided for environment and energy activities under this heading, and which shall be provided for agricultural and rural development activities, with emphasis on technical assistance and training for development of rural economies and market-oriented policies, restructuring and creation of agricultural financial institutions and marketing systems, development of food processing, food transport and food storage systems, creation and management of agribusiness organizations (including farmer-owned cooperatives), and privatization of state farms, agribusiness and credit institutions. (b)(1) Funds allocated by this Act for any of the paragraphs under subsection (a) may be reallocated for the purposes of any other such paragraph if, at least 15 days prior to such reallocation, the Committees on Appropriations are notified in accordance with regular notification procedures. (2) None of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available except as provided through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. (3) Not more than 50 per centum of the funds provided under subsections (a) (1) and (3) which are made available for environment and health-related assistance activities may be made available for any single country. 104 STAT. 1994 (c) Funds made available for the Polish-American and Hungarian-American Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities. (d) Up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be used for the administrative expenses incurred by the Agency for International Development in connection with administering programs for Eastern Europe: Provided, That the authority of this subsection shall supersede for fiscal year 1991 the provisions of section 803 of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989. (e) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance. independent agencies AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of title V of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980, Public Law 96–533, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104, title 31, United States Code, $13,000,000: Provided, That, when, with the permission of the Foundation, funds made available to a grantee under this heading are invested pending disbursement, the resulting interest is not required to be deposited in the United States Treasury if the grantee uses the resulting interest for the purpose for which the grant was made. This provision applies with respect to both interest earned before and interest earned after the enactment of this provision. inter-american foundation For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104, title 31, United States Code, $25,000,000. overseas private investment corporation The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of funds available to it and in accordance with law (including not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and representation expenses), and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year. During the fiscal year 1991 and within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for the amount of direct loans shall not exceed $40,000,000. During the fiscal year 1991, total commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $250,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal. 104 STAT. 1995 peace corps For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $186,000,000, including the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes for use outside of the United States: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions.